Ten Innovatory Ideas

Here are ten innovatory ideas:

• Concentrate on areas where you already have strengths
• Work concurrently – not in sequence – from the earliest possible stage by bringing all affected interests together as a team
• Decentralise the task to individuals or business units – existing or special purpose
• Bring together people of different cultures, backgrounds and abilities
•Pick leaders from people with relevant past success
• Plan up-front, and thoroughly, before starting any projects
• Forget protocol – encourage good ‘unauthorised’ projects
• Invest in success by backing proven good projects to the hilt, but . . .
• Identify the weak projects early on – and put them out of their misery
• Remove barriers between people, departments and outsiders (like suppliers), so that good ideas aren’t blocked by vested (or dumb) interests.